A Kurigram court yesterday sentenced six members of the banned militant outfit Jamaat’ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case filed over the murder of a Freedom Fighter in 2016 when the Islamic State carried out a series of killings in the country.
Kurigram District and Sessions Court Judge Abdul Mannan passed the order.
The convicts are Rajib Gandhi, Riazul Islam alias Mehedi, Firoz Hasan alias Mokhles, Mahabub Hasan Milon, and Abu Nasir alias Rubel and Golam Rabbani (absconding).
Among the seven accused in this case, Saddam Hossain died in a gunfight with law enforcers when the case was under trial.
On March 22, 2016, some militants attacked Freedom Fighter Hossain Ali, who converted to Christianity. He was stabbed when he was out on a morning walk. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the murder.
His son Ruhul Amin Azad filed two separate cases the next day. On November 5 that year, a charge sheet in these cases was submitted.
The court indicted the accused on October 21, 2018.
